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Roland Perry · October 8th 10, 10:32 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 09:53:59 on Fri, 8 Oct
2010, d remarked:
Having kids isn't required by law. If you can't afford them , don't have them.

People's circumstances change. Even Concorde pilots eventually get laid
off. Although he could always get one of Norman's bikes and live in a
bedsit if he can't sell his house in Surrey.

And if you are a divorcee with two kids (that you used to be able to
afford), and marry another divorcee with two kids (that they used to
able to afford), which of them do you expect to go hungry?

Well that you can't predict. I was refering to people who plan a family
without being able to afford to have children from the start other than
via benefits. There are 7 billion people on this rock and over 60 million
on this little island. Effectively paying people in kind to have kids is
bordering on the criminal IMO.

How would fix that? Have people have to fill in something like a
mortgage application form before they are allowed to have kids, to see
if they can afford it? Or you could just choose the ones with blue eyes
and blond hair.
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Roland Perry